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Inauguration of new main headquarters of Helmholtz Institute in Erlangen

Sustainable and inexpensive ways to convert and store energy Almost exactly four years lie between the ground-breaking ceremony and the official inauguration: the new research building of the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) is the latest address for cutting-edge ...

Swimming at the mesoscale

FAU physicists discover simple propulsion mechanism for bodies in dense fluids. A team of researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the University of Liège and the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy have developed a microswimmer that appears t...

3D printing using electron beams

Materials scientist at FAU receives ERC Advanced Grant worth three million euros Prof. Dr. Carolin Körner, Chair of Materials Science and Engineering for Metals at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), and member of the EAM Executive Board, has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant,...

Call for EAM Starting Grants 2021/2022

Announcement EAM Starting Grant 2021/2022 Call for proposals (deadline June 25, 2021) Dear researchers of FAU Key Research Priority New Materials and Processes, The Cluster of Excellence EAM will launch a new round of calls for the EAM Starting Grants. This way, EAM aims at investing in the mos...

Effective method for removing nanoplastics and microplastics from water

Magnets could be used to remove plastic particles Environmental pollution caused by microplastics and nanoplastics is a ubiquitous problem which cannot be tackled using currently available cleaning concepts. Researchers at FAU have now demonstrated how magnets could be used to remove plastic partic...

Quite a turnaround: What microrobots have in common with soap

Rotating microrobots behave like water, oil and soap You need soap to remove dirt from your skin. The surfactant molecules it contains squeeze their way into the surface area between the dirt and the skin and help to dissolve the dirt in water. Researchers at FAU and Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düss...

FAU ahead in Materials Science and Chemistry

New QS subject ranking published FAU has once again performed excellently in the QS World University Ranking by Subject 2021: Materials Science and Chemistry remain among the top 150, and Materials Science has even made it into the top 100. Several subjects are included among the best 100 in the ca...

New high-end TEM instrument @ IMN and CENEM: TFS Spectra 200

We proudly welcome a new high-end TEM instrument to the IMN and CENEM. The new Thermo Fisher Scientific (TFS) Spectra 200 has been installed from September until December 2020, and, since January 2021, it started its operation in the CENEM labs located at the building of Interdisciplinary Center for...

Three new Collaborative Research Centres at FAU

Quantum cooperation, research into metastases formation and new catalysts The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved three new Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios (CRC/TRR) at FAU. The aim of CRC/TRR 305 is to understand the molecular mechanisms behind how metastases form and to devel...

EAM Starting Grant 2020

Funding of new research projects – four EAM Starting Grants awarded A successful EAM tradition has been revived in 2020: With the award of the EAM Starting Grant, young FAU researchers were given the chance to pursue their own research projects and thus gaining a boost for a successful academic car...